Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Princeton pushing to bring Huckleberry to production

Despite a steady October drizzle that turns the ground to mud, crews are keeping up the pace of constructing a new, open-pit copper mine at the base of this Coast Range mountain.The steel girders are …


Bre-X shareholders to get dividend

Shareholders of Bre-X Minerals (BXM-T) will soon receive shares of Bro-X Minerals, a wholly owned subsidiary which acquired Bre-X’s interests in the Sable and Sangihe properties in Indonesia for $2.8 …


Correction (October 21, 1996)

Two holes drilled by Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) at the Butte Highlands gold property in Montana intersected 0.1 oz. gold per ton over 82.5 metres (including 25.3 ft. of 0.16 oz.) and 0.1 oz. over 91 ft. …


Scorpion announces equity financing

Toronto-based Scorpion Minerals (SCP-T) has entered into an agreement with Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon for a special warrant financing in order to raise $15-$19.5 million.Through a wholly owned subsidi…


Komis mine pours first yellow metal

The Komis mine of Golden Rule Resources (GNU-T) has celebrated its first gold pour.Situated in Saskatchewan’s Waddy Lake region, the mine is processing 378 tons per day of low-grade development ore.Si…


Palmer tests Cikoneng gold prospect

The second hole drilled on the Cikoneng gold-silver prospect at the Cibaliung property in West Java, Indonesia, has intersected a true thickness of 14.85 metres grading 11.3 grams gold and 88.51 grams…


Cameco radiating profitable glow

After the dark days of the early 1990s, Saskatoon-based miner Cameco (CCO-T) is basking in the glow of a greatly improved market for its principal product.The company reported net earnings of $106 mil…


NEWS ROUNDUP — Manhattan acquires Peruvian ground

Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) is acquiring a 100,100-ha land package in northern Peru.The new concessions, known collectively as the Lacones project, adjoin the Tambo Grande massive sulphide project to t…


NEWS ROUNDUP — Teck, Mansfield drill Cerro Samenta

Satisfied with the title to the Cerro Samenta copper porphyry property in the Argentine province of Salta, partners Teck (TEK-T) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V) have signed a drilling contract for 10 h…


NEWS ROUNDUP — Goldcorp tries again for Wharf

Ten months after withdrawing a merger proposal, Goldcorp (G.A-T) has made another offer to acquire the rest of Wharf Resources (WFR-T), operator of the Wharf and Golden Reward heap-leach gold mines in…




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